Forums >Racing>New York woman wins the race... but doesnt really
Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
I fly.
Bring it on.
Abs of Flabs
And, no offense meant, but a 3 hour marathon is hardly an "elite" time for women. Fast, yes. Elite, no. She was right to have modestly considered herself not to be appropriate for the "elite" start.
Why is it sideways?
I'm glad you said it first because I was thinking of the same thing. Any decent runner would know a 3 hour marathon is not elite and any self respecting 3 hour marathoner would not sign herself up for the elite corral. Nike should have defined the qualifications for being an elite runner and avoided the embarrassment. It is too late to change the rules for this race. For future races, Nike should get rid of the elite start because this is a women's race. Other marathons give elite women their own start so that they don't have to compete for the spot light with the elite men.
Excellent analysis. My bet is that if she had been in the elite race, she would have been buried.
I dunno. Do you really think that the women who won Nike in 3:06+ normally run 2:26-2:35? When you don't have much competition, do you really run a race over a minute per mile slow? The "winner" likely ran the race at or near her potential. Which means that it would have been tough for her to cut off another 10 whole minutes.